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Chicken for breakfast (Dutch/English) 18512w

A truck driver friend crossed over to the Netherlands for the first time in his truck and stopped off at a small café early in the morning. He couldn't speak a word of Dutch but decided to take a stab at ordering his breakfast from the menu. He saw kip on the menu and promptly ordered two of them, thinking he was ordering 'kippers'. He was more than a bit shocked when two roast chickens were placed in front of him for breakfast. Kip is Dutch for 'chicken'.

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